Tag: understanding

• Education in America – Part Six

  

  Part 6: Why So Many Parents No Longer Trust Public Education  Public trust is rarely destroyed by a single event. It is worn down by repeated contradiction. Parents are told that schools are committed to excellence, yet many see weak academic results. They are told that schools welcome partnership, yet too often experience opacity, delay, and condescension…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  April 7, 2026

  Education, History, On Family, politics

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• Education in America – Part Two

  

  How Schools Stopped Teaching Children How to Think  There are few phrases in modern education more overused, or more carelessly used, than “critical thinking.” It appears in mission statements, curriculum guides, strategic plans, and teacher training materials with almost liturgical regularity. Yet the phrase often conceals as much as it reveals. A student is not…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  March 11, 2026

  Education, History, On Family, politics

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